Cambodia

Private firms control 1.8 mln hectares of economic land concessions in Cambodia: officials
- Xinhua
- 21 January 2015
Some 228 companies are currently possessing about 1.8 million hectares of economic land concessions in Cambodia.
Les paysans debout contre les arrestations accusent Bolloré de double jeu
- Projet ReAct
- 16 January 2015
Des paysans au Cambodge, en Sierra Leone, au Cameroun ont manifesté pour demander à Bolloré de mettre fin aux arrestations arbitraires des paysans qui réclament leurs droits face à l’entreprise.
Cambodia: Victims of ‘blood sugar’ vow to keep fighting
- VoA Khmer
- 09 January 2015
Many members of communities that have lost land to the development of the plantations since 2010, say they will continue to protest and fight against the evictions, in hopes of eventual change.
Cambodia government seizes back economic land concession licenses from 23 companies last year
- China.org.cn
- 06 January 2015
In the past year, a total area of 90,682 hectares of the Cambodia ELCs land had been taken back from 23 companies and put under the management of the Environment Ministry
Les accaparements des terres se poursuivent au Cambodge
- RFI
- 03 January 2015
Des villageois protestent contre une compagnie chinoise qu’ils accusent d’accaparer illégalement leurs terres.
Forty NGOs based outside of Cambodia support ICC case
- Cambodia Daily
- 15 December 2014
Forty NGOs signed a letter sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC), asking to open a preliminary investigation into an October filing that accused Cambodian “ruling elite” crimes against humanity by committed widespread land grabs.
Civil society statement supporting the case filed against the Cambodian ruling elite in the International Criminal Court
- Global Witness
- 12 December 2014
CSOs submit letter to ICC supporting case filed against Cambodia ruling elite that have waged widespread and systematic land grabbing, asking ICC to open a preliminary investigation.
European Union agrees to investigate Cambodian sugar industry
- Guardian
- 10 December 2014
Booming industry faces allegations of human rights abuses such as land grabs, forced displacement and child labour.
EU to probe sugar disputes
- Phnom Penh Post
- 09 December 2014
Cambodia has taken a “crucial step towards justice” by launching a reparations program for thousands of villagers who were forcibly evicted to make way for industrial sugar plantations.
Clean Sugar Campaign public statement: Commencement of Cambodian 'blood sugar' reparations process a crucial step towards justice
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 07 December 2014
Commencement of a joint EU-Cambodia process to assess displacement claims pertaining to sugarcane plantations in Cambodia pivotal step towards justice for thousands of Cambodian suffered at the hands of sugar industry.
«Les défenseurs du droit à la terre gênent des intérêts financiers»
- TDG
- 02 December 2014
La FIDH revient sur les victimes de l'accaparement de terres en Afrique, Asie et Amérique latine depuis 2007.
Mitr Phol disputants to testify
- Phnom Penh Post
- 11 November 2014
Representatives of Oddar Meanchey villagers who allegedly lost their homes in a 2008 land grab by Thai-owned sugar giant Mitr Phol are hopeful a settlement may soon be reached.